Vista 64bit + Dominions 3 = crash

[elmokki]

I just installed Dom3 on my new computer, Intel Q9450, 4 gb of ram, Radeon HD4870 and 64 bit vista. The game instantly crashes after I enter the serial code.

Anyone got an idea how to fix this?

[MaxWilson]

Might want to check with your hardware vendor. When I got my laptop a year ago Dominions didn't run on it. When I tried again in May of this year it did. Presumably the laptop vendor (HP) fixed some drivers in the meantime.

You could also check with Shrapnel support, although if it's not a Dominions-specific error I don't know how much they'll be able to do.

-Max

[archaeolept]

update the video drivers... i couldn't run it on vista 32 bit until i got some upgraded intel drivers.

though it could of course be something else

[Cor2]

many new video cards running under vista dont support whatever it is that dominions uses for rendering graphics.
I had a frame rate of one until I found the proper driver.

[Zeldor]

Getting drivers for 64 bit OS is challenging. You can also try installing dominions on for example windows xp and just copying that folder - it should work [I have installed my dominions on 64 bit Vista without any problems, I have 8800GTS].

[Agema]

I'm impressed you even managed to install Vista 64bit. I tried and couldn't reboot my computer more than 5 times without Vista crashing fatally, had to wipe the HDD and reinstall each time it was that bad. My impression was to leave 64-bit well alone until it's got a lot more support. I'd recommend a dual boot with XP and Vista if you can.

[archaeolept]

i think the 64 bit usually works well w/ new hardware - seems they put more work into making it compatible than XP-64 was. but, yah, i'd try a dual boot... gonna do that w/ my gaming rig when i get back home - just to have one machine with which to adequately compare XP and Vista.